Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by excessive food restriction and fear, irrational fear of gaining weight, and a distorted body self-perception.
SIGNS OF ANOREXIA
Refusal to maintain a normal body mass index
Amenorrhea, the absence of three consecutive menstrual cycles
Fearful of even the slightest weight gain and takes all precautionary measures to avoid weight gain and becoming overweight
Obvious, rapid, dramatic weight loss
Soft fine hair growing on the face and body
Obsession with calories and fat content of food
Preoccupation with food, recipes, or cooking; may cook elaborate dinners for others, but not eat the food herself
Dieting despite being thin or dangerously underweight
Rituals: cuts food into tiny pieces; refuses to eat around others; hides or discards food
Purging: uses laxatives, diet pills, or water pills; may self-induce vomiting
May engage in frequent, strenuous exercise .
Becomes intolerant to cold
Depression
Solitude
Swollen Cheeks
Swollen joints
Abdominal distension
Bad breath (from vomiting or starvation-induced)
Hair loss or thinning
Fatigue
CAUSES:
Biological: -genetics Enviromental: -cultural factors, the media Families that are obsessed with being thin, and carefully watch their child's intake of food can cause the child to feel like they are not doing well enough for their family, and they feel the need to stop eating in order to please their parents. The media also plays a part in teens getting anorexia; the pressures to be skinny, and look a certain way in order to be beautiful often drives teens to quit eating, or harm their bodies in order to be skinny.
ANOREXIA NERVOSA
Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by excessive food restriction and fear, irrational fear of gaining weight, and a distorted body self-perception.
SIGNS OF ANOREXIACAUSES:
Biological: -geneticsEnviromental: -cultural factors, the media
Families that are obsessed with being thin, and carefully watch their child's intake of food can cause the child to feel like they are not doing well enough for their family, and they feel the need to stop eating in order to please their parents. The media also plays a part in teens getting anorexia; the pressures to be skinny, and look a certain way in order to be beautiful often drives teens to quit eating, or harm their bodies in order to be skinny.